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Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs announced Monday a plan to add a sheriff's deputy to serve as school resource officer for each of the 60 elementary schools in the county for the remainder of the school year. The middle schools and high schools already have resource officers.

Currently, there is one resource officer for every four elementary schools.

The cost is estimated between $2 million and $3 million, and the plan would need to be approved Tuesday.

Many deputies would have to earn overtime in order to serve the schools and the streets of Orange County and the Mayor says that's why it would cost so much.

The proposal would only apply to schools in unincorporated Orange County. Schools in the district that are in the city of Orlando, for instance, would need to get approval for Orlando's city council to beef up security.

Mayor Jacobs wants deputies in the school by January 7 when the kids come back from winter break.

In the first day of school following the shootings, Orange County Superintendent Barbara Jenkins sent a recorded message to parents saying the schools had "additional security measures in place" and that staff was reinforcing procedures.

"Please encourage your children to talk to any adults on campus if they feel anxious or concerned at any time during this week," said Jenkins.

School leaders in Volusia and Flagler counties have also beefed up security in the aftermath of the Newtown shooting deaths.

In Volusia County, they have upped their security to level 2 this week which includes locking entrance doors on area campuses. The Sheriff's Department has added patrols at area schools and counselors are available to children who are having a hard time coping.

In Flagler County, resource officers are already in the middle and high schools, but the Sheriff's Department will have a deputy in every elementary school as well this week.

The superintendent tells WESH 2 that they have received a lot of calls from worried parents and many chose to drive children to school Monday.

In Lake County, Lake Minneola High School had extra deputies at the school after a Facebook threat. Parents received a phone call warning of the threat that another parent saw on Facebook.

"Please be assured every effort is being made to ensure a safe learning environment for our Hawk family," said the phone message. "We are looking forward to a normal, successful week on the hill."